Han Music

This type of music also originated among the people of the Central Plains, and was brought south by the migrating Hakka people. It interacted with the local musical forms, until it emerged as a special genre. It is popular in eastern Guangdong, southern Jiangxi, southwest Fujian, Taiwan and among overseas Chinese.

The instruments used are usually the touxian, tihu, yehu, yangqin, yuexian, three-string, pipa, small suona, flute, vertical bamboo flute, sheng and cloud clappers. There are various types of instrumental ensembles, the traditional ones being the "hexiansuo" (string and bamboo instruments), "gongs, drums and wind", "qingyue" and "central echelon" (wind instruments). Traditionally, Han tunes are divided into three parts ?slow beat, medium beat and rapid beat. The latter two have fewer notes than the former (or fewer "letters", because the traditional notation uses Chinese characters to represent the notes), making the ornamented rhythm, which was tightly packed with notes, a smoothed down and concise skeleton. Typical of this style are Hundred Family Spring and The Lilies Are Emerging From the Water.

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